Seeing "The Wolf" was produced by Chen Yushan . The reason for the bloody lines and the old-fashioned plot was finally found - Introduction.
[The author of this article: Shulin]
"The Wolf" has been broadcast for 6 days, and its popularity on the Internet has firmly ranked first. The love, hate and affection of the male and female protagonists in the play has not yet attracted much attention, but their bloody plots and local lines have frequently become popular.
Many plots in the drama are so familiar. The two male protagonists are evil and crazy, and they always speak domineering lines, reminding people of the "pond owner" who is willing to contract the entire fish pond for the heroine.
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Shira Field, two men and one woman, are bloody and exciting, and the tense atmosphere seems to be about to rush into the rain in the next second to fight. Netizens sighed that it was still a familiar formula or a familiar taste.
"The Wolf" is obviously a costume drama, but it is full of Mary Sue elements, allowing the audience to instantly dream of the early Chinese Taiwanese idol drama.
In fact, this is not a coincidence. Just look at who the producer of "The Wolf" is, everything makes sense.
Chen Yushan was born in Taiwan, China. She has multiple identities such as producer, director, screenwriter, etc. She is a well-known gold medal producer. You may not be familiar with the name Chen Yushan, but you must have watched the idol drama she produced.
Chen Yushan focuses on producing romance-themed film and television dramas, and is another "Godmother of Chinese Taiwanese idol dramas" besides Chai Zhiping. Whether it is the touching "Dolphin Bay Love", the bloody "Stars of Sheep", or the sweet and abusive " Destined to Love You ", each one is a classic idol drama and a childhood memory of countless people.
Many well-known actors, such as Chen Qiaoen , Ming Dao, Ruan Jingtian , etc., became famous in their early years because of their roles in Chen Yushan's drama. The male lead of "The Wolf" Wang Dalu was also brought out by her.
In 2015, Chen Yushan directed the youth film " My Girls' Generation ", and was nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best New Director Award. Wang Dalu also became famous for his outstanding performance in the movie and was well known to mainland audiences. It can be seen that Chen Yushan favors Wang Dalu very much. In the later "The Wolf" and the movie version of "A Kiss", Wang Dalu is both a strong male lead.
But if the success of "My Girls' Generation" proves that no matter how cliché, someone will always love to watch it. Then the movie "A Kiss" with a rating as low as 4.6 shows from the negative side: Mary Sue is no longer an invincible ace, and it is impossible to impress the audience by relying on the common romance routine.
From "The Prince Turns into a Frog" in 2005 to "The Wolf" in 2020, no matter how completely different the actors and the background of the times of the TV series are, the basic plot and character relationships are always changed without any medicine. If you peel off the outer skin of the packaging, the inside is still Chen Yushan's familiar routine.
The male protagonist should be domineering, handsome, and have a high status. He will only love the heroine in his life; the female protagonist should be pure and kind, and he must be a omnipotent girl, and there must be a spare second male protagonist who loves her infatuatedly. The most important thing is the emotional scene, which must be sweet and abusive, and intertwined with love and hate, allowing the audience to make a distressed choice between the two male protagonists.
2013 "Lanling King" produced by Chen Yushan is a classic case. This drama embellishes the routine of idol dramas with ancient costumes and fantasy elements. Although under the banner of "war epic", the screenwriter deliberately involved the heroine in the war, and her personal emotions were entangled with the struggle between the two countries' interests, it was ultimately a love triangle story.
In 2015, Chen Yushan's " Thousand Gold Female Thief " made by Chen Yushan changed the story background to the Republic of China, but still could not get rid of the bloody plot of the heroine's amnesia. Tang Yan is still playing the silly Bai Tian, Liu Kaiwei, is still pretending to be cool and acting as a big shot. This drama has no more youthful shells of Taiwanese puppets, leaving only the core of the bloody thunder drama.
No matter what routine has been repeatedly used for more than ten years, the audience will inevitably feel bored.The reason why classic idol dramas in the early years are constantly missed is just because they are mixed with everyone's childhood filters and feelings about the times, which does not mean that these dramas are still applicable in today's market. The decline in reputation of "The Wolf" is proof of it.
With the development of the domestic TV drama market in recent years, viewers seem to see less and less TV dramas in Taiwan. The trend of idol dramas is hopeless, but the development of Taiwanese dramas has not stopped.
2019's " Want to See You " can be regarded as the light of idol dramas in recent years. This drama not only made Xu Guanghan popular, but also made the concept of Moss's Oopi ring popular on the Internet. Weekly updates will trigger plot speculations across the Internet. While some screenwriters were still writing about the domineering prince, "Want to See You" had already raised the theme of "soul piercing" to a new level.
Social realistic drama "The Distance between Us and Evil" focuses on mental patients and lawyers, telling special topics in humanistic ways, almost every episode is tear-jerking. The familiar "so love will disappear, right or not" is also the line of this drama.
can be seen that although some producers are still lying on their parents, there are still excellent directors and screenwriters working hard to innovate in the plot, digging deeper in their ideological connotations, and constantly bringing new surprises to the audience.
"The Wolf" is a completely original story. At the moment when IP dramas are rampant, it is really rare for Chen Yushan to spend two years polishing an original script. But the old-fashioned plot is this If the flaws of a drama cannot overcome this shortcoming, no matter how sincere you are, it will not be accepted by the audience.
At present, the audience's complaints are still friendly, but if Chen Yushan continues to hold a routine without making breakthroughs, the halo of "the godmother of the idol drama" may one day become her shackles.
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